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Medicaid woes lead to a creative solution in Utah, cuts in Kansas

The Salt Lake Tribune: "After years of fighting the hated 'sick tax,' Utah hospitals are working with legislative leaders to craft a new levy aimed at helping pay for treating Utah's poor." Hospitals and the state legislature have found a way to raise around $50 million in new federal Medicaid funding by taxing hospitals about $23 million more.

17 Dec 2009

Lieberman's health care move still reverberating

Politico: "Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) is taking a thrashing from his former Democratic colleagues and liberal activists for forcing a Medicare expansion out of the health bill. But in the end, Lieberman may have done President Barack Obama one of the biggest favors in the health care debate. That's because any bill with the Medicare buy-in would have drawn fierce opposition from doctors and hospitals, two groups Obama has worked hard to keep on board.

17 Dec 2009

Alcon increases its financial support for NovaBay Pharmaceuticals' research and development efforts

NovaBay Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company creating a new class of anti-infectives for treating multi-drug resistant pathogens, announced today that effective immediately, its partner, Alcon Inc. has increased its on-going financial support of the company's research and development efforts by more than $2 million per year. The additional funding is expected to enhance NovaBay's pre-clinical and clinical development programs in the areas of eye, ear and sinus infections, as well as contact lens solutions.

17 Dec 2009

Neurologist performs catheter procedure on stroke patient

Most strokes are caused by blood clots in brain vessels. Brain cells die when deprived of blood and oxygen. But if a patient gets to the hospital in time, fast treatment often can restore blood flow and minimize damage.

17 Dec 2009

Pall to share business and financial plans for end of fiscal 2013

Pall Corporation, a global leader in filtration, separation and purification, is refreshing its five-year plan originally presented to investors in October of 2008. The event will take place on December 17, 2009 from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 11:00 a.m. ET and is being webcast live.

From Pall Corporation 17 Dec 2009

Investigational study of TRT to alleviate debilitating effects of tinnitus commenced

A University of Alabama researcher is embarking on a $5.6 million phase-three, randomized, controlled clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an innovative treatment that uses a noise-generating device, along with counseling, to alleviate the debilitating effects of tinnitus - that ringing in the ears that drives some people to distraction.

17 Dec 2009

RTI Biologics donates spinal allografts to AIC-CURE International Children’s Hospital, Kenya

RTI Biologics Inc., the Florida-based processor of orthopedic, dental, hernia and other biologic implants, donated nearly 500 spinal allografts to AIC-CURE International Children’s Hospital in Kijabe, Kenya this week.

17 Dec 2009

Quantros launches new healthcare IT consulting division

Quantros, Inc., a leading provider of safety and quality software and professional services solutions for the healthcare industry, announces the creation of a new healthcare IT consulting division.

17 Dec 2009

New study shows how stem cell activity can contribute to cancer

In a developing animal, stem cells proliferate and differentiate to form the organs needed for life. A new study shows how a crucial step in this process happens and how a reversal of that step contributes to cancer.

17 Dec 2009

Typical smoker acquires one mutation for every 15 cigarettes and all cancers are caused by mutations

Research teams led by the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute announce the first comprehensive analyses of cancer genomes.

17 Dec 2009

RehabCare Group receives approval to acquire St. Agnes Long-Term Care Hospital

RehabCare Group, Inc. announced today it has received regulatory approval for the acquisition of St. Agnes Long-Term Care Hospital from Mercy Health System.

17 Dec 2009

HCRS awarded a contract to support AETC with medical records coding and training services

HealthCare Resolution Services, Inc., a leading provider of program integrity support, health information technology services and professional medical and technical staffing services, announced today that it has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Air Force's Commodities Council to support the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) with medical records coding and analysis, auditing, and provider training.

17 Dec 2009

Professional treatment can benefit first responders to cope with emotional challenges

Professional first responders are prepared, equipped and trained to handle various emergency situations, from car accidents to terrorist attacks and other major disasters. Today, however, this great responsibility can be particularly burdensome on one's emotions.

17 Dec 2009

RRE-90 score: A new web-based tool to predict recurrent stroke risk

Scientists have developed a new web-based tool that may better predict whether a person will suffer a second stroke within 90 days of a first stroke, according to research published in the December 16, 2009, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

17 Dec 2009

Portable bladder volume ultrasound now included in 2009 CDC guidelines for the prevention CA-UTIs

Verathon®, maker of BladderScan® bladder volume instruments is pleased to announce that portable bladder volume ultrasound is now included in the new 2009 CDC guidelines for the Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections (CA-UTIs).

17 Dec 2009

St. Jude Medical applauds the updated level of evidence for FFR-guided treatment

St. Jude Medical, Inc. applauds the updated level of evidence for Fractional Flow Reserve (FFR)-guided treatment in the Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).

17 Dec 2009

New study shows families, not doctors, raise the issue of prayer

What happens when the families of sick and dying hospitalized children ask their physicians to pray with them, or for them? How do pediatricians respond to such personal requests? While increasing numbers of physicians say that religion and spirituality help some patients and families cope with serious illness, a new study reports that it is almost always the families and patients who raise the issue of prayer, not the doctors themselves.

17 Dec 2009

ARNMD meeting examines psychological and neurological aspects of PTSDs and traumatic brain injuries

War is hell, as the old saying goes -- with loss of life and limb, destruction of infrastructure and the environment, and devastating costs. Recent biomedical research has shed light on another pernicious consequence of military conflict: psychological and neurological conditions like post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury. At the same time, researchers have worked to uncover some of the motives and meanings of war.

17 Dec 2009

People are more prone to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, explains new research

New research by the University of Adelaide could help explain why some people are more prone to Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis and other autoimmune diseases.

17 Dec 2009

Infection control program protects immunocompromised cancer patients from H1N1 infection

Despite a 100-fold increase in H1N1 influenza cases in the Seattle area during spring 2009, an aggressive infection control program to protect immunocompromised cancer patients and thorough screening measures resulted in no corresponding increase in H1N1 cases among the total patient population at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, according to a new study by researchers and physicians at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the SCCA.

17 Dec 2009

Hospital News and Research

Medicaid woes lead to a creative solution in Utah, cuts in Kansas

Lieberman's health care move still reverberating

Alcon increases its financial support for NovaBay Pharmaceuticals' research and development efforts

Neurologist performs catheter procedure on stroke patient

Pall to share business and financial plans for end of fiscal 2013

Investigational study of TRT to alleviate debilitating effects of tinnitus commenced

RTI Biologics donates spinal allografts to AIC-CURE International Children’s Hospital, Kenya

Quantros launches new healthcare IT consulting division

New study shows how stem cell activity can contribute to cancer

Typical smoker acquires one mutation for every 15 cigarettes and all cancers are caused by mutations

RehabCare Group receives approval to acquire St. Agnes Long-Term Care Hospital

HCRS awarded a contract to support AETC with medical records coding and training services

Professional treatment can benefit first responders to cope with emotional challenges

RRE-90 score: A new web-based tool to predict recurrent stroke risk

Portable bladder volume ultrasound now included in 2009 CDC guidelines for the prevention CA-UTIs

St. Jude Medical applauds the updated level of evidence for FFR-guided treatment

New study shows families, not doctors, raise the issue of prayer

ARNMD meeting examines psychological and neurological aspects of PTSDs and traumatic brain injuries

People are more prone to Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, explains new research

Infection control program protects immunocompromised cancer patients from H1N1 infection

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